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Technical documentation for geocat.ch

Further information about the application and its use.

How to call a particular metadata set

It is possible to directly access a desired metadata set with a parameterised URL using the following parameters (example of the National Maps 1:25'000):

Now you only have to replace the UUID.

Catalog Gateway Protocol

  • Catalog Gateway ProtocolDownload opens in new window

    The old communication protocol, still in use but to be replaced completely by CSW

    Published: 25.03.2008 | Size: 267 Kb | Type: PDF

  • WSDL descriptionDownload opens in new window

    A machine readable WSDL description of the Catalog Gateway Protocol.

    Published: 09.08.2008 | Size: 10 Kb | Type: ZIP

  • Gateway ValidatorDownload opens in new window

    A validation tool for carrying out local gateway tests.

    Published: 09.04.2009 | Size: 4778 Kb | Type: ZIP

Redundant metadata

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